[ale] running an FC6 Kickstart install?

[Warren Myers]

Update -

The Kickstart Configurator generated a bad ks.cfg file. So, Kickstart was
fine running over http, but the file was borked.

Backed-up to a default ks.cfg, then added further configurations until I got
it to where I wanted it.

WMM

On 1/3/07, Brian MacLeod <nym.bnm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Warren,
>
> While your ks.cfg file may be available for view to all network
> viewers, is it possible that the machine you are installing isn't able
> to get to the network at that point?
>
> If you have multiple network interfaces on the machine, you may need
> to specify which one should be chasing your ks.cfg:
>
> ksdevice=eth0 ip=dhcp
>
> It's also possible that the module you need to drive the network card
> is not in the installer's initrd image.  That would prevent it from
> seeing the card.   Try switching over to another VT during the
> standard install, and checking to see  if it is loading the
> appropriate module or not.
>
> bnm
>
>
>
> On 1/3/07, Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I can view the ks.cfg file with my browser - so I know it's available. I
> > also know that the machine is getting an IP address, so finding the
> server
> > shouldn't be hard.
> >
> > The only other thing I can think of is that the tool made something that
> > won't work correctly. :-/
> >
> > WMM
> >
> >
> > On 1/3/07, James P. Kinney III <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 11:54 -0500, Warren Myers wrote:
> > > > Good morning.
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to get a kickstart config file sitting on my web server
> (or
> > > > nfs) to actually install under FC6. So far I have the
> > > > configurator-generated .cfg sitting in my home directory. However,
> > > > when booting off the DVD and using the 'linux ks=
> > > > http://server/path/ks.cfg' boot parameters, Anaconda repeatedly
> tries
> > > > to just do a default install from the DVD.
> > > >
> > > > Obviously, this is quite irritating, as the Kickstart tool is
> > > > theoretically supposed to handle 'hands-off' installations.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas as to what might be causing this, or what I'm doing wrong?
> > >
> > > The format looks correct to me. Verify you can get the ks.cfg file
> with
> > > another system and make sure the line is exactly
> > >
> > > linux ks=http://server/path/ks.cfg
> > >
> > > with no extra spaces between anything.
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Warren
> > > >
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"God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on
with the prime numbers." --Paul Erd?s
"It's not possible. We are the type of people who have everything in our
favor going against us." --Ben Jarhvi, Short Circuit 2
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